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A few pics from the two foreign jaunts this year:

Alsace in May

Hotel in Salles, Alsace.
We stopped for coffee, because there were bikes there already (bikes attract bikes) - and discovered that the two bikes at the end had all tyres "flat" - they had been put there as "decoys" ...... Clever hotel-owners.


My travelling companion (Dorsetboy - in traditional blue shorts) outside the chalet in Gerardmer


"Working" on his SatNav - be afraid......... be very afraid.


On the way back to Le Havre - we spotted a likely looking establishment for lunch (attracted by a couple of bikes) - and we in turn - attracted another 4:


Stopped in Rogny for the night. The hotel was a bit of an error, as it was kind of "tired".


Brittany - July

Travelled across on Brittany Ferries - their sponge protection for cargo-straps is shit - took a week for the seat to recover.


Port Launey on west coast


Port Launey - looking upriver


Took the bike to the statue of Saint Rita - Patron Saint of Rimtape....... always worth a visit:


Discovered that I was staying only around 20 miles from Rob & Gail, so had a couple of BBQs with them ......


Some cracking roads around Brittany - just got to watch for Monsieur Le Farmer coming around bends with a harvester - taking up most of the road.

Al

Nice one, Al. Port Launey looks great - proper pikcherskew.

Is that branded Boxercup cutlery in the last pic? And I think the victoria sponge has gone a bit over...

Mike.

Yeah that was a good trip to Gerardmer...

I only fell off once.


Mike

Al, don't use the straps over the seat - use one at the front of the bike and one at the back making an X shape - ratchet each gradually and try to keep them high (ish) up

dave the german wrote:Al, don't use the straps over the seat - use one at the front of the bike and one at the back making an X shape - ratchet each gradually and try to keep them high (ish) up

Yeah - I know - But I hadn't realised that the cushions they had - were knackered. The good condition ones don't damage the seat.

If I take the GS - I have enough space for my own cargo-straps, but not on the R1100s.

In future - I'll carry a spare seat unit in my rucsac...........

Al

Good God Al,how tight did you fasten it? were you on a ferry or a rowing boat?

Give me some credit - The bikes were all left to the crew to secure, and the straps and the cushions "appeared" to be okay.

As you say - they must have had them well-sucked down. They had the straps removed before we got on to the car deck at the other end.

The French are crap sailors anyway

Al

I used the Hull - Rotterdam ferry before - far better than the old tub from North Shields, but they didn't have cargo straps just rope - reminded me of the good old days with ropes and sheets on the wagon!

did some one half inch CF head covers al and ya belly pan